Lid for pots and other vessels



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' P. D. CONNELY.

LTDTOR POTSl AND OTHER VESSBLS. No. 276,359.Y k Patented Apr. 24, 1883.

fm; r BY vait/(MMI ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

PETER D. OONNEELY, OF HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK.

LID FOR POTS AND OTHER VSSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters VPatent No. 276,359, dated'April 24, 1883.

Application filed February 14, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER D. GONNEELY, ot' Horseheads, in the countyof Ohemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lids for Pots a-nd other Vessels, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to facilitate securing a lid on a pot, barrel, or other receptacle, and also to facilitate removing the said lid from the pot, barrel, Src.

Reference is to be had to the accompanj ing drawings, forn'iing a in which similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in both the gures.

Figure l is a perspective view of a pot'provided with my improved lid. Fig. 2 is a lon gitludinal sectional elevation ot' the lid and the upper part ofthe pot.

^ The potA is provided at its upper edge with an annular bead, B, or with any other suitable ridge in place ot' the bead.

On the lid O a. bolt, D, is held, to slid by clips E,suitably fastened ou the lid, which' bolt D is provided at one end with a hook, F, adaptedlo catch on the 'annular bead B or other ridge, and the opposite or inner end of the said bolt is nturned upward to form a handlepiece, Gr, which is below or adjoining to the usual handle, H, provided on lids.

A spring, J, of some suitable construction,

lis attached to the inner end of' the hookD and to an uphook-clip, K, fastened on the lid; or

the spring J can be secured in any other suitable manner to thenpper surface ofthe lid.

Opposite thatpart ot' the lid from which the hook F projects the lid is provided with two downhook-clips, L, adapted to catch on the annular bead or ridge B. The spring J draws on the inner end of the hook-bolt D, whereby the hook F will be pressed against the annular bead or ridge B.

part ot' this specilication,`

The operation is as follows: It' the lid is to be fastened on the pot, the bolt D is pressed in the direction ofthe arrow a by placing the thumb against the outer edge of the handlepiece G and holding the handle H, and then the lid is placed on the pot in such a manner that the hook-clips L will `rest against the outer edge of the annular bead B.. As soon as the bolt D is released the spring J will draw the hook-bolt D inthe reverse direction of the arrow a' and press the hookh` against the annular bead B, thereby holding the lid on the pot. The pot can be tipped, inclined, or turned over without causingthe cover to drop off, as the same will be held on the pot by the hook-clips L and the bolt D. It the cover is to be removed,the bolt D is pressedin the direction of the arrow a', so as to remove the hook F from the head B.

The above-described lid can also be used on barrels, buckets, butter crooks, pans, and other like receptacles. It can be iliade of wood or metal, or ot'an)- other suitable material.

1 am aware that it is not new to make a. butter-pail cover with apertured opposite fastenings which spring over projecting catches on the bodyoi'the pail; but

What I claim as new and Is- The combination, with a cover, IO, of the up hook-clip K, the downhook-clips L L, the spring J, the keepers E, and the plateD, thc latter turned up at one end to form a handle, G, and down at the other to form a hook, F, wherebya cover may be locked to the edge ot my invention `bead ot' a vessel, as shown and described.

VPETER D. OONNEE LY. 

